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Nearly 60% of people admit they felt like doing this in 2020. What is it?
June 11, 2021 Q: Nearly 60% of people admit they felt like doing this in 2020. What is it? A: Slapping a politician
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Brazil’s Ecorodovias plans $454 million share offering – filing
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian infrastructure concession firm Ecorodovias Infraestrutura e Logistica SA on Friday announced a share offering of around 2.3 billion reais ($454.35 million), which it ex...
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Russia increases key rate to 5.5%, flags more hikes due to rising inflation
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's central bank increased its key interest rate to 5.5% on Friday, increasing the cost of lending for the third time this year due to rising inflation and said more hikes woul...
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Volkswagen, Ford to exit auto finance business in India – sources
By Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The auto financing arms of Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Co plan to stop giving new credit to car buyers and dealers in India and will exit from the country, sources...
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China, U.S. top diplomats hold phone call: Chinese state media
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top diplomat, Yang Jiechi, held a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported, without immediately providing d...
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Moderna COVID-19 vaccine plant in France gets approval
(Reuters) -The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Friday approved a new manufacturing site in France for the production of Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine. The site at Monts will be operated by Recipha...
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South Korea’s Krafton to launch $5 billion plus IPO next week, sources say
By Scott Murdoch and Heekyong Yang HONG KONG/SEOUL (Reuters) - Krafton, the company behind blockbuster video game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), will launch its IPO early next week in what coul...
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‘Xi Jinping is my spiritual leader’: China’s education drive in Tibet
By Martin Quin Pollard LHASA, China (Reuters) - Under clear blue skies, rugged peaks and the spectacular Potala Palace, one image is ubiquitous in Tibet's capital city Lhasa: portraits of Chinese Pres...
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Mcdonald’s hit by data breach in South Korea, Taiwan – WSJ
(Reuters) - McDonald's Corp was hit by a data breach in South Korea, and Taiwan, exposing some customer, employee information, the Wall Street Journal reported https://www.wsj.com/articles/mcdonalds-h...
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Germany to lift general travel warnings for low-infection regions
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will lift a general travel warning for risk regions that have a seven-day coronavirus incidence of below 200 starting from July 1, the foreign ministry said on Friday. "In m...
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